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Reeling Texas cancer agency OK'd faulty $11M award

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By By PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Leaders of Texas' embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort approved an $11 million grant to a biomedical company even though the proposal wasn't reviewed, according to an internal audit that deepens the troubles of a state

Gilda's Club name change insult to late comedian?

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By By SCOTT BAUER and DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) - Remember Roseanne Roseannadana? Or Emily Litella? Or Baba Wawa? Younger generations might not recognize the characters popularized by comedian Gilda Radner. Nor might they remember Radner herself, an original cast member

Zynga slides after updated agreement with Facebook

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NEW YORK (AP) - Zynga shares tumbled nearly 13 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the online game company and Facebook disclosed that they changed their relationship status to become less attached to each other. Zynga Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it will no longer have

Zynga slides after updated agreement with Facebook

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Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust

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By By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this fall. I was fairly sure that we did. I opened the door. Cats, check. TV, check. He

Honda gets a do-over; revamps Civic to fix flaws

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By By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBINAP Auto Writers Honda has made a quick U-turn. Just 19 months after its Civic compact hit showrooms and was slammed by critics, the company has revamped the car, giving it a sportier look and upgrading the interior. It's an unusual and costly do-over. But

T. Rowe: Low rates are market's biggest 'anomaly'

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By By Steve RothwellAP Business Writer It's not all about the "fiscal cliff." That's a refreshing sentiment while stock markets are being held in thrall by every comment from lawmakers in Washington on the state of budget negotiations. If no deal on the budget is reached by the end of

Feds deny oyster farm lease renewal in California

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By By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An historic Northern California oyster farm along Point Reyes National Seashore will be shut down and the site converted to a wilderness area, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on Thursday. Salazar said he will not renew the

Brewer sued over license policy for immigrants

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By By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to overturn Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's order denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under a new Obama

APNewsBreak: $4M settlement in Conn. chimp attack

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By By DAVE COLLINS and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A settlement agreement calls for a woman disfigured in a chimpanzee attack to receive about $4 million from the estate of the animal's now-dead owner, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated